The sixth death anniversary of popular actor of Pashto movies, Badar Munir, was observed here Saturday.
The Culture Journalists Forum (CJF), Mardan chapter, arranged the gathering to pay tributes to the late film star.
Speaking on the occasion, CJF convener Riaz Mayar and vice-convener Abdullah Shah Baghdadi highlighted the services of Badar Munir for Pashto culture. They criticised the provincial government for not arranging any event to observe the actor’s death anniversary.
Badar Munir, hailing from the Miankhel tribe, was born in 1943 in Madyan, Swat and died on October 11, 2008 in Lahore at the age of 70.
He worked in over 400 films, mostly in Pashto but also in Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi and Hindko from 1970 and 2002. Before joining films, Badar Munir used to drive a rickshaw in Karachi and later got job as tea-boy at the office of known Urdu film star Waheed Murad.
He was introduced by Waheed Murad to the film industry in 1970.
His first movie was “Yousaf Khan Sherbano”, with Yasmin Khan as heroine.
The story of this film was written by a notable Pashto poet Ali Haider Joshi.It was based on the famous Pashto folk story of Yousuf Khan and Sherbano.
His other successful movies including Adam Khan Durkhanai, which was also based on a folk story, Orbal, Baghi, Didan, Kochwan, Mairanay Wror, Khana Badosh, Topak Zama Qanoon, Dehqan, and Naway da Yaway Shpay.
He was also seen in several Punjabi films including Chor (1977) and Haibat Khan.
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